Abstract
When lithium is bombarded by 350-Mev protons, one frequently observes pairs of protons emitted in coincidence at approximately 90° to each other. These protons are most easily interpreted as the result of the scattering of the primary protons on free protons in the lithium nucleus. Assuming a model of free nucleons in the nucleus, it is possible to calculate the angular correlation and the intensity of this scattering process. The present experimental results are quite consistent with this picture, if one assumes the distribution of momentum corresponding to a Fermi gas in the nucleus.
- Received 27 March 1952
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.87.81
©1952 American Physical Society
